Thursday, April 09, 2015

Good on David Seymour

Act leader David Seymour said he raised the issue of such travel soon
after entering Parliament, and "I've never seen politicians who are
normally so opposed to each other close ranks so rapidly".
"I was
basically told that I was having sour grapes because as a very small
party I would be unlikely to qualify for one of these junkets.
"These
guys are paid three times the average salary. Air travel has never been
cheaper and, frankly, if the rest of the world is a mystery to these
guys, maybe they shouldn't be in Parliament."

(On relating this piece of information to spouse he replied, of course, if you had got into parliament, and been offered the trip, I would have gone with you. I replied, no. Because I wouldn't have gone. As is normally the case, we usually only disgaree about matters hypothetical.)

2 comments:

How people change! I heard Rodney Hide on Radio Live this afternoon, vigorously defending the parliamentary trip with the most bizarre arguments-like they nne to thank their spouses for putting up with such a sh*t job and of course 'its no holiday but really very hard work....yeah right!!

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Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.